Everything you Need to Grow Your Own Herbs
You can eat Sharon fruit raw with salads or feta cheese and olives. Or you can bake it in savory dishes or sweet puddings and desserts. Persimmon goes well on cheese board or with a side or mascarpone. You will also find it nutrient packed and working really well in a post-workout smoothie.
Traditionally grown from grafted stock, persimmon is the frost tolerant fruit tree that will love a slightly wet soil. Ideal in the UK and USDA zones 4-9. Growing to 7m in height, it requires a spot with sun and adequate drainage. Ready to harvest Sharon fruit from around year 7 and for decades to come.
Celery is notoriously tough to grow and can be a real labor of love for any keen gardener. Whereas lovage just looks after itself and has a lot to offer in terms of foliage and beauty in your garden.
If you have soil that can be best described as moist, damp, wet or even boggy then this may be a helpful growing guide for you.
Marsh Mallow from the Malvaceae family is the perfect solution to a wet or boggy area in your garden. A hardy perennial that requires full sun
Catnip will provide not just a nice area for your cat, but it is also a perennial herb that attracts bees and butterflies to your garden. Well worth growing even if you don’t have a cat.